{"id":3980,"date":"2014-12-30T18:14:43","date_gmt":"2014-12-30T23:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/triciatierneyblog.com\/?p=3980"},"modified":"2014-12-30T18:45:17","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T23:45:17","slug":"spinning-with-the-earth-on-the-last-days-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/triciatierneyblog.com\/?p=3980","title":{"rendered":"Spinning with the Earth on the Last Days of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Just as the wild waves of holiday madness began settling into a manageable surf, a spinning undertow sucked me in. This is my dramatic way of telling you about my latest adventure with vertigo set off simply by turning my head on a pillow Monday morning.<\/p>\n

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Best laid plans for pre-New Year cleaning and organizing, yoga and writing – dashed. And yet, these past two crazy kaleidoscope days delivered me right where I need to be: looking inward. Being quiet and moving slowly works best to keep the spins at bay. Nature is physically forcing me to do just what I psychically need.<\/p>\n

Quiet is exactly what I’d been craving – usually my preferred state and the place from where I write. With barely a glimpse of silence these past 6 weeks during these busy bookstore days, I’ve spun right out of control and I appreciate this strange, if uncomfortable manifestation. \u00a0Forced to slow, \u00a0become more conscious and to literally, keep my head down.<\/p>\n

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Ironically, the post I’d been working on before this one was about the joy of looking UP. Simply turning my head whether to the ceiling or the stars – expands my lungs, my heart, and my spirit – something I’d written about before here<\/a>\u00a0during another holiday season. A wonderful, simple exercise that never fails to calm and inspire me. Except<\/em> when experiencing vertigo. Looking up sets off an intense bout of whirling.<\/p>\n

So today, like yesterday, I stayed low. I managed to scrub the bathroom – the lower fixtures, back around porcelain fixtures into those frightening corners. But the shower curtain switch will have to wait for another day when I can lift my gaze.<\/p>\n

For now, for these last days of the year, I am forced within. To stay steady, I must move carefully and consciously to find my way again, to match the wild spinning of the days as we hurtle towards another year.<\/p>\n

Somehow, even in my discomfort, this feels right.<\/p>\n

In what direction are you looking?<\/p>\n

Whether up or down or all around, warmest wishes for 2015!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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